Another typical day…

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Today has been another exciting day here at Paradise Gardens.

First, some good news. We gave Athena another chance to eat a mouse and she was victorious! After playing with it for a little while,she actually ate it. We also witnessed another important behavior that shows that she is on her way to becoming a wild animal. When we first released the mouse into her cage, one of her kitty roommates went for it and she actually attacked the kitty and claimed the mouse for herself. Don’t worry, the kitty wasn’t hurt…just startled.

The other big excitement of the day was that the lovebird’s cage door was left open and one escaped. Everyone is very concerned because he could easily become prey to any number of other animals…especially the falcon, who had gone missing this morning and missed her morning feeding. Of course, the falcon showed up shortly after the lovebird’s escape so there was a stressful few minutes while Jen ran to get the falcon’s breakfast and the rest of us kept a nervous watch on the lovebird.

This has been a big day for acquiring new animals, too. First, Jen came home with a little, tiny baby kitty. Then Ryan came back with a bunny. Neither of these are the kinds of wild animals that Paradise Gardens is supposed to be acquiring but they are both adorable. We just got a phone call that a woman found a baby “ant bear” that was being sold on the side of the road. We will know in about an hour what exactly it is…anteater? coati?